Hi,
One of my customer had queries about vSphere licensing different versions as stated below:
Any help would be appreciated.
Regards
Pravesh Kaushal
1. Yes
2. No
3. Yes.
Yes you can run a mixed Cluster with different vSphere Editions. Of course you cant activate or use one of the higher Features in the cluster or on one of the hosts.
I have speak with VMware this week and they denied a license downgrade option. Not sure about next week... and not sure if youre a ELA Customer. But for the normal customer there is no option right now. You stay on Enterprise or have to buy the E+ Upgrade. The 50% promo ends a year ago. Most of my customers choose the upgrade option and grab the promo from 2 years ago.
If you buy a license today it is always the Current version which i right now vSphere 6. You can downgrade your version in the MyVMware portal. Thats is a normal behavior and so it works all the years. Keep notice that support for 5.5 ended in 9/2018.
Regards,
Joerg
Any help would be highly appreciated.
Regards
Pravesh Kaushal
- Can we have cluster with one host licensed with vSphere Enterprise and second node with vSphere Standard?
Yes but that's highly discouraged and not a good idea.
- Can vSphere Enterprise license be downgraded to Standard?
You'd have to talk to your account team on that one. The Enterprise license is gone, so I'm not sure.
- Is it still possible to downgrade new license Standard key to version 5?
If you mean downgrade a key version from 6 => 5 then possibly. I honestly haven't tried to ever do that.
Hi,
Thanks for your response.
Do we have any VMware doc that I can share with my client for first two queries, much appreciated.
Regards
Pravesh Kaushal
Not that I can give you off the top of my head. You're welcome to use Google and review the official product documentation, however.
1. Yes
2. No
3. Yes.
Yes you can run a mixed Cluster with different vSphere Editions. Of course you cant activate or use one of the higher Features in the cluster or on one of the hosts.
I have speak with VMware this week and they denied a license downgrade option. Not sure about next week... and not sure if youre a ELA Customer. But for the normal customer there is no option right now. You stay on Enterprise or have to buy the E+ Upgrade. The 50% promo ends a year ago. Most of my customers choose the upgrade option and grab the promo from 2 years ago.
If you buy a license today it is always the Current version which i right now vSphere 6. You can downgrade your version in the MyVMware portal. Thats is a normal behavior and so it works all the years. Keep notice that support for 5.5 ended in 9/2018.
Regards,
Joerg
Hi Joerg,
Thanks for the detailed explanation.
Regards
Pravesh